John smitiiley



(No Model.)

J. SMITHLEY.

GAS BURNER FOR STOVES 0R FIRE PLAGES.

Nox 406.860.

vll/1111llll/111111111111111' l Patented July 9, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SMI'IIILEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE FUEL lrAS AND ELECTRIC ENGINEERING COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

GAS-BURNER FOR STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,860, dated July 9, 1889.

Application filed March l5, 1889A Serial No. 303,486. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: justing arms or bars il, secured to and pro- Be it known that I, JOHN SMITHLEY, a citijeeting downwardly from the ends of the caszen of the United States, residing at littsing by clamping-screws 5, passing through burg, in the county of Allegheny and State longitudinal slots G in the standards 3, and 55 5 of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered engaging corresponding threads in the arms a certain new and useful Improvement in 4. The standards may thus be adjusted ver- Gas-Burners for Stoves or Fire-Places, of tically relatively to the arms and casing, so which improvement the following' is a specifias to enable the latter to beset at a greater or cation. less distance above the :iooror base on which 6o Io rlhe object-of my invention is to provide an it rests in accordance with the requirements appliance, of simple and inexpensive conof the stove or fire-place in which the appastruction and ready applicability to use either ratus is to be used. in stoves or in open-grate or hearth fire-places, A radiating-plate 7, of fire-clay or other suitwhereby the combustion of gaseous fuel may able refractory material, is fitted vertieallyin 65 i5 be thoroughly and economically effected, and the casing l, abutting against its rear plate the heat of the products of combustion utiland extendingfroin one side plate to the other ized as fully as practicable prior to their disand from its base-plate for the major portion charge to the chimney. of its height, and has a series of projections To this end my invention, generally stated, S, of any desired shape or pattern, formed 7o 2o consists in the combination of a refractory upon or fixed to the front face of the radiate l radiatingeplate havingapseries of projections ing-plate in order to 'increase the extent of on its front, an inclined deflecting-plate havradiating-surface. A deilecting-plate 9, also ing an upper disehargeopening and located composed of refractory material and having above the iadiatingplate, a burner-pipe hava discharge throat or channel l() on its upper 75 2 5 ing a series of openings and located in front side, is placed upon the top of the radiatingof the lower portion of the radiating-plate, plate and is upwardly and outwardlyinclined and a front deliecting-plate located above and therefrom to the inner side of the front plate adjacent to the lnirner-openings; also, in the 2, against which Ait rests adjacent to its top. combination of a radiating-plate, adeflecting- Lateral radiating-plates l1, of refractory ma` So 3o plate, and a burner-pipe7 as above set forth, terial, extend from the plate 7 to the front adjusting arms or bars connected to and proplate at or near each side of the casing. jocting downwardly from the rzuliating-plate, A horizontal burner-pipe 12,thc upper surand standards secured with the capacity of face of which is perforated with a series of vertical adjustment to the adj ustingarmsburneropeningsl3,is supported upon the bot- 85 35 The improvement claimed is hereinafter tom plate of the casing, said pipe communifully set forth. eating on its under side with a tapering open- In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is ended mouth-piece or mixer 14, into which front view, partly in section, of a gas-burner projects the delivery end of a gas-supply pipe embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical 15, govcrnedbyasuitablocock or valve, which 9o 4o transverse section. through the same at the maybe located at any convenient point in its line a: fc of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a partial horilength. A front defiecting-plate 1G, which is zontal section at the line y gj of Fig. 2. secured to the front plate 2 of the casing, pro- In the practice of myinvention I provide a jects upwardly and inwardly above the opencasing l, of cast or wrought metal, which is of ings of the burner-pipe, so as to deflect the 95 45 substantially reetangplar outline on each of llames of the gas issuing from said openings its sides, and is open at its front, to which is toward the radiating-plate 7. The upper porsecured a front plate or rectangular frame of tion of the front plate 2 is inclined downmetal 2, which is entirely open, except along wardly and outwardly in front of and for a its sides and top, to which the casing l is seshort distance below the dischargechannel loo 5o cured. The easing is supported upon vertilO of the upper radiating-plate 9, forming a cal standards a, which are connected to addelivery-plate 2, which serves to direct the escaping products of combustion into said channel and prevent them from passing off into the apartment in which the burner is located, and a chimney-passage 17, communicatin g with the discharge-channel 10, is formed upon the top of the casing, a suitable exitpipe leading to a chimney or iue being connected to the passage 17. A grating 18, of any desired ornamental design, extends across the opening of the front plat-e above the front deflecting-platc 16.

In operation the pressure of the gas flowing into the mixer from the supply-pipe draws thereinto a proportion of atmospheric air, which mingles with the gas in the mixer and burner-pipe, the mixture of gas and air.

being ignited at the burner-openings. The flames issuing therefrom are, directed by the front deflecting-plate toward the radiatingplate 7, the surface of which, with its projections 8, and of the side radiating-plates 11 and delecting-plate 9, are traversed by the heated products of combustion in their passage to the discharge-channel 10 and communicating chimney-passage 17. The heat generated by the combustion of the gas is effectively imparted to and radiated from the radiating and defiecting plates into the apartl ment to be heated, and .the products of combustion pass off Vto the chimney at a comparatively low temperature.

The appliance is free from complication in its structure, and can be readily manufactured at slight cost. be employed either in the manner of an ordinary stove or be set in a fire-place, either: above an open grate,\in substitution of thei broad-faced burners and fire-brick filling ordinarily employed with gaseous fuel, or upon a hearth.

I claim as my invention and desire to se-v v: stantially as set forth.

It will be obvious that it may lower portion of the radiating-plate, a front deflecting-plate located above and adjacent to the burner-openings and inclined toward the radiating-plate, a mixer communicating with the burner-pipe, and a gas-supply pipe leading into the mixer, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a casing, a centrallyopen front plate or frame secured thereto, a radiating-plate of refractory material fitted Within the casing adjacent to its rear side and having a series of projections on its front, a deecting-plate having an upper dischargeopening andY inclined upwardly from the top of the radiating-plate to the front plate, adelivery-plate fixed to the front plate and outwardly and downwardly inclined in front of and below1 the discharge-opening of the deflecting-plate, a front deflecting-plate secured to the front plate and proj ec'ing inwardly and upwardly therefrom above and adjacent to the burner-openings, a chimney-passage communicatin g with the discharge-passage of the upper deflecting-plate and leading out of the casing, a mixer communicating with the burner-pipe, and a gas-supply pipe leading into the mixer, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of an open front casing, a refractory radiating-plate tted within the casing and having a series of projections on its front, a deflecting-plate having an upper discharge-opening and placed above the radiating-plate, a burner-pipe supported in the lower portion of the casing in front of the radiating-plate and having a seresof burneropenings, a mixer communicating with the burner-pipe, a gas-supply pipe leading into the mixer, adjusting-arms projecting downwardly from the bottom of the casing, and

f longitudinally-slotted standards connected by clamping-screws to the adj usting-arms, sub- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN SMITI-ILEY. Witnesses:

J. SNowDEN BELL, F. E. GAITHER. 

